house or a high rise, you lose electricity, there is a great sense of powerlessness. this is a story about two places left powerless by sandy. 5,500 columbia pike, a swank ten-story apartment house in arlington. and beverly hills. no, not that beverly hills. this beverly hills. beverly hills, 22305 in alexandria. it seal like every time there is a storm, trees in beverly hills fall like pick-up sticks. >> you've lived here on old dominion boulevard. how long? >> five years. >> reporter: and how many time have you lost power? >> about seven. >> reporter: there's a tree down in front of 5500. it didn't cause the outage. it is just symbolic. you can imagine what life is like in the dark, in a high

rise. >> i feel like amish. pretty much. it's like back in the woods camping. >> it's very hard to find things in the dark. >> reporter: what floor are you on in. >> the sixth. >> reporter: so you have to walk up? >> yeah. >> reporter: and then walk down. >> yes. >> reporter: it is doubling frustrating in a high rise because everything is underground. you cannot see the power problem. they say it's a grid thing. not so in beverly hills 22305. that problem is right out there in your front yard. let me give you a hug. last year, holly's house was hit by a tree. this year her luck is improving. just a near miss here and another near miss in the front. but then there's this one. this one is going to go. do you have power? >> no. >> reporter: do people lose power here? >> all the time. every day. a lot.

but it is part of living in beverly hills. we love it here. >> reporter: now, coming up at 6:00. the inside story on that tree over there. it was a near miss. live from arlington, pat collins, news4. this afternoon, virginia governor bob mcdonnell updated residents. there are 280 roads closed in virginia due to flooding or downed trees. virginia is one of the states that received a federal disaster declaration which provides assistance to state and local governments. more federal help could be on the way for virginia residents. >> as we do our damage assessments, we will likely be applying for the full public assistance to reimburse the state for its public expenses and if we qualify individual disaster assistance for individuals who were not fully ensured or uninsured.

>> crews are preparing to address the damage on chincoteague island and other parts of the eastern shore. montgomery county fire and rescue teams pulled a kayak out this afternoon. we're told someone called 911 to report an injured kayaker in the creek. rescue units arrived and pulled the person from the water. that kayaker was treated at the scene and is said to be okay. the power outages now, the numbers, keep improving. in northern virginia, 60,000 dominion customers are still without, along with 9,000 novec customers. pepco has power back on to all but 7900 customers. 53,000 bg & e customers are without power. smeko has power to all but 150. >> today, national guard troops traveled around the city with d.c. mayor vincent gray to assess the damage. news4's tom sherwood rode along

in a caravan with the mayor. he joins us from the waterfront with an exclusive look at sandy's wake. >> reporter: the city's recovery has begun but everyone is keeping a watchful eye on the toll tome river. it is expected to rise at least through tomorrow night and everyone is worried about the debris in the water also. around the city, the nation's captain is getting back to normal. a d.c. national guard convoy prepared for the worst, took mayor vin serve gray and officials on the tour of city neighborhoods. the heavy duty vehicles weren't really needed. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: the mayor mostly reassured residents that help was underway after the glancing blow of the storm that devastated other areas like new york. the tour was part of a conference call with president

obama and other mayors and governors. >> first the president once again underscored his commitment to doing everything possible to help in every state and city that has been affected by sandy. he indicated that he is prepared to make sure we cut through all the red tape so that the federal assistance as needed which of course is need more by some than others, will be made immediately available. and he indicated this could have been a lot worse. he said i'm looking out my window and i see there's a mess out here but all my people are at work. so it looks like things are moving along. >> reporter: the d.c. government and schools closed two days, are to reopen on wednesday. and early voting will resume. the city also has canceled a controversial $15 surcharge for any taxi cab ride. >> we'll work to get things moving back as they should be. >> reporter: during this tour, the mayor was glad to see that the flood prone neighborhood of bloomingdale in near northwest made it through without serious

damage. city work crews had spent several days in advance, clearing storm drains. >> we work hard, i think you know, to try to mitigate the potential consequences of flooding in the bloomingdale area. >> tonight and tomorrow, all eyes will be on the potomac river to see whether it keeps rising with all the water coming down from the north. here on the georgetown waterfront, tom sherwood, news4. the worst of sandy moved out but the storm remains. it is still having an impact. doug kammerer joins us with that. >> it is a much different impact than what we saw yesterday. we have been watching this storm for well over a week, week and a half. in the last 36 hours we've seen it into the atlantic ocean. we saw it make that turn back to shore. something we have never really seen before. a storm all the way out in the atlantic moved right back into our area. and that's whye saw all the rain. that's why we've seen all the wind from this storm and now, we're seeing the cold weather.

we're also still seeing the shower activity. yocan see the rain right now through washington, d.c. area. right through waldorf and winchester. back through leesburg and we have seen some snow flakes in parts of the area. especially on the higher elevations. back toward the blue ridge. back toward the shenandoah valley and parts of west virginia where it is still snowing right now. as far as the wider picture, just look at the circulation coming right down out of canada. all the way down through our region and that makes things very, very cold. currently, 43 degrees with winds out of the south southwest at ten miles an hour. that puts our windchill at 37 degrees. 43 in gaithersburg. 39 in winchester. that's not the windchill. that's even lower. we'll talk about the windchill forecast coming up in the next couple days, plus, what can you speck from sandy?

i'll show you when she'll fai finally move out. sandy knocked out a quarter of the cell towers in an area spanning ten states. millions remain without power this afternoon. news4's richard jordan is at the live desk in our newsroom. >> the damage is widespread beyond anything that area was prepared for and it will likely take weeks, even months before the recovery is complete. 22 people in the new york area are dead and that figure is expected to grow. there are massive power outages. hundreds of thousands of utility customers are in the dark. power lines are down. these live wires sparking fires in some cases. in queens, take a look at this six-alarm fire. it destroyed many homes. hospitals like nyu's medical center had to evacuate patients including babies in the neonatal units because they are without power. schools are closed. the subway system is at a standstill. service is expected to be suspended for four to five days. in new york and new jersey, neighborhoods are wiped out.

right now an aerial search for survivors is underway. hundreds of people have refused to evacuate and instead, attempted to ride out the storm at home. take a look at the conditions of those homes. right now, governor chris christie said finding those a are strand is priority number one. >> the level of devastation at the jersey shore is unthinkable. and we know that there are many people who own homes, who we've evacuated, who are going to want to get back on to the island to assess the damage to their homes. we are nowhere near letting you get back on the island will. >> mitt romney was checking for the victim. the jersey shore was just crushed as we know. jim rosenfield traveled up 95 and just arrived. what are you seeing there so far? >> reporter: just arrived is

right. we just got set up on the beach. we are in ocean grove right next to iconic asbury park just down the way along the beach. you can see with the camera, the damage that we've encountered as we've arrived. i'm standing on what was a large dune area. it has been completely washed away. you can still see some of the dune grass here. but the dune is really basically gone. right next to it on the other side, there is a railing there. that is completely gone. people coming out to see the damage. and back over here, we'll show you the damage to this building that was right on the ocean front. you can see there, that was a restaurant that was for rent. the front which of was completely torn off. they've just put in new air conditioning. it was ready to be rented out. the front side of that building. the part that faces the ocean is completely devastated. just ripped apart. high tide here last night. high winds, the water just

pushed everything including a lot of the beach on into this community. right now they have no power. they don't know when it will be back on. cell service is also really crazy. jim and pat, you call a number and you get some stranger on the other end of the line. so people are coming out here to see what sandy has left behind. so far i can tell you, this is one of the ocean front communities here on the jersey shore that will have a lot of work to do to rebuild and get things back together. we'll take a walk a little later on when we have some time across the way to asbury park. i'm told the boardwalk, there are businesses all along the boardwalk. we want to see how they fared. as we were driving, we saw a lot of trees down, power lines down. well we had to take a lot of detours to get here but we made it and we'll continue to bring reports live from new jersey along the ocean front here. jim rosenfield, news4. >> glad you made it there safely.

utter devastation around there. thank you. we'll see you at 6:00. our coverage of hurricane sandy's impact continues. street signs and entire ball fields are under water in frederick. we have you covered in maryland, virginia, and the district. >> reporter: i'm tracee wilkins in prince george's county where there is serious damage. we're looking at trees down, wires down, thousands of people still without power and they're just beginning to survey the damage in the county. we'll have a report coming up. as we go to break, these are some of the pictures e-mailed to us this afternoon more pics at

isee@nbc washington.com. . an suv up in flame after live wires came crashing down on top of it. this happened on verona court in silver spring. the driver was not hurt. communities all across our area are cleaning up from sandy today. >> power crews were out assessing the dang. julie carey found one family today that needs major house

repairs just a week after moving in. >> reporter: roads closed, power lines down, mostly inconveniences in the wake of the storm but this is the worst that sandy left behind. the tree on the house. and there were 53 instances in fairfax county alone. >> i've been in bed for only ten minutes when the crash happened. it was a very terrifying experience. >> reporter: this is what made the crash. a big old oak slamming on to the roof. on to the roof of the house that hanna and scott norman and their two kids just moved into last week. hannah said she rushed into her daughter's room and remarkably found her fast asleep. her 5-year-old son came running from his room and this is what they found in the dining room and kitchen. branches stabbing through the ceiling. rain pouring on the floor. that's when husband scott who was out of town got the call. we need a new kitchen. and i said what? a tree landed on the house. how bad is it? we need a new kitchen. he said the volunteer firefighters were there by the time he rushed back home.

they helped to tarp the house. with sun up, scott got an even better look at the damage and realized, they'll need more than a new kich wren. >> we had four holes and i was in the attic and there are about ten other holes in the roof. the chimney moved about a half inch. >> reporter: somehow the couple is taking it in stride thankful the branch that poked through the ceiling here did not come through a few feet away right into their daughter's crib. >> it is very upsetting. you know, your first home and we were very excited about setting everything up. we haven't unpacked properly yet. we've still got boxes everywhere so it is very upsetting. you do have to realize that people have been going through a lot of stuff this last 24 hours. so we have got off lightly. >> reporter: this family and about four dozen others like them in fairfax county hope they'll be hearing from the insurance company soon. a long road back for a lot of people. the worst of sandy is gone but we're still feeling some

effects. >> it is still cold out there. >> it is really cold out there. temperature have really gone down over the past couple of days. a couple weeks ago. about a week and a half ago, we are at 80 degrees. wouldn't that be nice? sandy is definitely still here and she is not going anywhere any time soon. i want to show you what's going on. you can see we are socked in with the cloud cover. the clouds continuing to make their way in across the region. and with those clouds, we're get splg very cold showers. most of the heavy rain is now out of here. but now we're just seeing some shower activity. i want to show you sandy. we've been sandy for about the last week and a half. right now we're tracking sandy over the region. look how big this storm is. from just north all the way up toward hudson bay and canada. this thing is huge. and it has huge implications. guess what? the air is coming right out of canada into our region from the north. and from the south, it is moving all the way up into canada. take a look at these numbers.

that's why it is so cold. liz crenshaw, look at these numbers coming across the chesapeake bay. montreal, canada, 70 degrees. i just booked a flight. i'll be there tomorrow. if you want to come with me, a few seats left on the plane. if we start flying out of d.c. that's why we're so cold of look at that. the tropical moisture moving all the way toward montreal. wow! the picture showing it moving across the region. you can see the counter clockwise flow. at love showers and thunderstorms with that warmer flow over boston, with the colder flow, we've got the snow and big time snow, two to three feet of snow. back into some of the ski resorts. they are really loving this. we are not loving the very chilly rain. the rain continues and it continues just about everywhere. and i think it will continue right throughout most of the night tonight. we're also dealing with the flooding. we have flood warnings for most streams. tidal flooding as well. the good news is not looking

nearly as bad now as it could have been during the day yesterday. we were talking about historic flood levels. that's not going to happen and that is very good news along the potomac. let's talk about the rainfall. bwi, 6.5. green belt coming in over nine inches of rain. that is amazing. and how about the winds from sandy? 63 miles an hour, newington. fairfax at 61. reston, 60 miles an hour and winchester, 60. we were talking about the 60-mile-an-hour gusts the entire time. our winds are now down to 10 to 15 but look at the windchill. 37 in washington. 34 in martinsburg and winchester. man, do we need to warm up. unfortunately, we won't be warming up any time soon. tomorrow, a high of 55 degrees will be mostly cloudy with only an isolated chance of a shower. tomorrow it will be a little better. rather breezy near thursday. i do think maybe a peek or a poke of sunshine on thursday.

then the sun returns on friday, saturday, and sunday. even though our temperatures will only be in the mid 50s this weekend with some sunshine. we're looking much, much nicer. >> feel like montreal. >> montreal, 70. let's go right now. >> thank you. straight ahead on news4 at 5:00, dominion power was hit hard west power outages in this region. coming up, we'll find out when power will be restored for everyone. >> reporter: i'm liz crenshaw. toppled trees, con

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sandy soak our region and toppled trees. >> liz crenshaw is here with the answers about insurance. let's start with the trees. trees on houses and cars. who covers what? >> it is hard to keep this straight. tree damage is what most folks in our area are dealing with. if your tree falls on your neighbor's house, your neighbor's homeowner's insurance will cover that damage. if your neighbor's tree falls on your house, your homeowner's insurance covers the dang. pretty simple. if a tree falls on your property but does not hit or damage anything, you pay for it out of pocket to have it removed. if a tree falls on your car, comprehensive auto insurance covers that damage. there will be a quiz. >> we got that straight. what about filing a claim? what's your best advice in. >> do it the right way. for starters, could not tack your insurance agent right away. make a list of what is damaged. as long as it is safe, document that damage by taking pictures or even video.

it may speed up your claim. and if possible, make a simple, cheap, temporary repair and remember, you need to keep your receipts so your insurance company can reimburse you. it is all about keeping good records. >> when it come to flooding, what do you do? is it covered? >> this is the one nobody can remember. we'll be clear about this. homeowner's insurance does not cover flood damage. only flood insurance covers flooding when it occurs due to an accumulation of water on the ground that seeps into your home or your basement. home owner's insuranceance covers that hard rain that come down and seeps into a window or damages the wall of your carpet. the easiest way to remember the difference. if it come from the ground up, you have to have flood insurance. if it come from the sky or what we say, top down, homeowners insurance will cover that damage. if you did not have flood insurance, you won't get flood insurance for this storm. there is a 30-day waiting period to apply for flood coverage. so it is one of those things,

water has to come out of banks of a river or up from a creek to be flood insurance. >> from the bottom up. >> last year after the hurricane we heard about something called hurricane deductible. what is that about? >> nobody wants to hear this one. you're likely to find it in your homeowner's policy if you look closely. it was created after increased coastal development and greater hurricane risks. it forces the policy holder to share more of the risks with the insurer. unlike a standard policy deductible which is usually $500 or $1,000, hurricane deductibles are calculated as a percentage of the insured value of your house so that typically varies from 1% to 5%. you could be paying thousands of dollars before your hurricane coverage kicks in. coming up at 6:00, a warning for home openers about hiring help to clean up sandy's mess and what you need to know before hiring a contractor. that hurricane deductible is a

tough one. >> our coverage of sandy's impact continues at 5:30. up next, the flooding and damage left behind in prince george's county. >> if you're getting ready to go back to work tomorrow, a look at the travel troubles you might be facing. >> this is the type of a violenr

who slashed a woman in her apartment. . there is lots of cleaning up to do. the areas hardest hit across the county. >> reporter: definitely in laurel they got the worst of it. this tree fell over and brought half the yard with it. you can see how large it is. it crush the roof of this house.

official have decided the family who lives here can no longer live inside this home. thankfully no one was hurt. this is just the beginning of the damage we've seen in prince george's county. in college park, pepco crews are working to restore the power after a tree came down bringing electrical wires and the power along with it. >> probably about 10:00 last night. and just heard a crash and we started hearing sparks and it came down. >> reporter: down the road in laurel, city officials continue to deal with a number of home that were damaged by falling branches and trees. >> as far as we go, and our statistics go, we'll have sustained the most damage. >> reporter: officials say this home is uninhabitable after a tree caused serious roof damage when it crashed on top of this house. the mother and daughter who live inside escaped without injury. folks around the city are cleaning up the damage. >> we've had a lot of trees fall. our neighbor over there had some

trees. some branches that have actually hit our house and caused damage to our house. >> reporter: as we drove from beltsville, there were a number of intersections, now four-way stops. still a number roads closed in the county including water street in upper marlin broefl standing water is bloc not one but two major entry points into the county seat. the river had gone down early this morning. >> everything look like it was going to pretty much clear off. then i don't know if it is high tide or what it is. but now you can see what it looks like again. >> reporter: so this is a lot of the kind of damage they're dealing with here in laurel. you saw what they're dealing with in upper marlboro so it depends on where you are in the county. how sandy impacted you. coming up at 6:00 p.m., we'll look at how the businesses in upper marlboro fared with all of that standing water. i'll have that report for you. reporting live in laurel, tracee wilkins. tens of thousands across the washington area remain without power from sandy and northern virginia, thousands of dominion customers are still in the dark.

>> dominion spokesperson joins us now by phone. tell us how many are still out and tell us about the work that you're doing to get them hooked back up. >> we're down to 58,000 which is quite a bit. we began at the highest appointment, we had over 200,000 customers out. the good news is we project that by the end of the day thursday, we'll have everybody restored with a few exceptions. tomorrow, wednesday, people will be able to get individual estimated restoration times for their homes when the power will go back on. but the big thing is by end of the day thursday, we expect to have with a few exceptions, everybody back on will. >> we know that you were very well prepared with extra crews. you had a lot of outside help, too. are your men and women on the front lines going to be helping in some of the harder hit areas to our north at all? >> reporter: when we're done. we're not done yet.

we're already getting requests for our crews when they're done. you probably know that new york and new jersey are especially hit hard. and we won't release them until we get the work done here in northern virginia. >> compared to previous storms, how would you say this region has fared? >> we're glad we were not on the north side of the storm. we are on the south side of the storm. we did have winds, but they weren't as severe as the winds to the north of the storm. ours were, i'm not going to say moderate but they were high winds but they weren't like if he had rico or some of the other hurricanes we've had in the past. >> all right. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. plows are clearing snow from the aptly named town of snow shoe, west virginia from the super storm. and they'll be out there for a while. about 16 inches of snow covers the ground tonight with another 12 to 18 inches expected in just

the next 24 hours. winds are gusting up to 55 miles an hour. it is all good news for the local ski resort which will open early this year. snow is also falling in the mountains of north carolina and parts of eastern kentucky. south western virginia is also clearing out from sandy's snow. a little of everything. a lot of everything. let's take a look at the latest on our weather here. still a little chilly and still wet out there. >> still a little chilly and west you talk about the snow. some areas out there toward west virginia including garrett county. still under blizzard warnings and that will continue. they could get another 6 to 12 inches of snow. not just today. not just through the day wednesday. but all the way through the day on thursday. that's how long sandy is going to take to get out of here and that cold flow will take to move in. take a look at this. a picture there during the day. this was a little earlier. this is snow shoe mountain.

you think they're ready to open up a little bit early? they were about this could help them open the earliest they've ever opened if we don't go right back into the 70s or at least the 60s or 70s. over the next two weeks, i don't see that happening. i think we'll be a little on the cool side, unfortunately as we make our way through the next couple days. we know it brought the snow. we know it brought. this this is 14th street in southeast along capitol hill. we did see many trees down. close to 100,000 people without power at the height of the storm. and very slowly sandy is moving away from the region. hopefully it will get better. as i told you a little while ago, the weekend is fantastic. the

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>> wendy rieger hits the beach in rehoboth and surveys the damage. police tell us the man knocked on doors, handing out fliers for a party. the woman said he tried to rape her and beat her and stabbed her several times. the 24-year-old woman remains in critical condition. >> they say that for all the tapes of assaults that we see, this is one of the ones that really is alarming to all of us. because not only did he force his way inside someone's home

but after trying to sexually assault her, he tried to kill her. so he he is very dangerous. >> police believe he may have an injury to one of his hands because of that attack. if you recognize him, you're urged to call police. fire investigators in howard koinl say a generator left inside a home sent three people to shock trauma. they found the generator early this morning at a home on brevard street in laurel. investigators say the generator had been left in a doorway leading to the garage. the garage door was closed. preventing ventilation. the firefighters say the. a carbon monoxide in the house when they got there was 30 time the normal levels. a second person has died in maryland from the storm. last night a tree crashed into a house of an anne arundel county man. the 80-foot tree fell on the road in pasadena. the woman is a 73-year-old construction engineer. he was in his kitchen at the time. earlier yesterday, a driver was

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the little patuxent water treatment plant in howard county is partially operational tonight. it shut down at the height of sandy yesterday after both power supplies failed. the loss of power sent millions of gallons of untreated waste into the little patuxent river here. howard county officials say one of the power supplies was restored today. they also tell us howard county's drinking water supply is safe and there is no reason for residents to boil water. right now there is severe flooding in frederick county, maryland. the water has risen to the top of street signs and it is flowing over guardrails. jackie bensen has a look at the damage. >> reporter: pine crest community park in frederick county has been taken over by the rain swollen river. >> i've seen it where it got to the playground equipment. we've had a couple of snow and rain. but this is unusual. to say the least. >> reporter: it is hard to make

out the roads, picnic pavilions, playgrounds which are now covered by water. >> it is pretty crazy. >> reporter: elsewhere in frederick county, numerous roads including long stretches of thurston road. the damage assessment could take days. further south, residents came out to survey the aftermath of what sound like an explosion last night. >> the transformer, i guess, explode. it was on fire. not more than ten feet from the back of my car. so i was concerned that the car might explode but it didn't. so the fire department came and by then, the fire was out. >> real strong gust of wind. and toppled this huge oak tree and that pine tree and the other pine tree and grabbed the lines

and three poles and a great big fire ball and it sounded like a clap of thunder. >> we are live in frederick. we are both in the park and in the river. you can see it is here. the double yellow lines here. this is the main road into this park. they have never seen anything like this before. it is a municipal park which means that it is main taped by the county. it could be days before they're able to make an assessment with the softball fields, the recreation fields, the playground, the picnic areas. there has been a steady stream of residents coming back and forth here all day wondering how bad the damage is and wondering

how soon this park which they very much cherish and very much enjoy will be back in operation. reporting live in frederick county. jackie bensen, news4. >> let's get a final check of our forecast. how are we now? >> we're looking the same of cloudy, cold, windchills are in the 30s. that's how we're looking. and it looks like win has made its way in early. take a look at the storm continuing. it is located in the center, right over the mountains here back toward pennsylvania. and that's where it will stay for the next couple of days. you can see we're dealing with the rain here and we'll tip to deal with it around the rest of the region throughout the night tonight. most on the light side. maybe some moderate rain. we're not seeing any more heavy rain and that's good news, too. i don't think we'll see any more flooding potential. those areas that have been flooded, that's pretty much all we're going to see.

that's good news. current windchill, down to 37 in washington. 36 in martinsburg. right now 46 in culpepper. fredericksburg, the warmest spot on the map, 46 degrees. for the current windchill there. you know what's on the cold side. look at the gusts. laytonsville, maryland. 76 degrees. annapolis, 69 degrees. ball enger creek, 66 degrees. some big time wins. 60 to 70 miles an hour winds. lorton coming in at 5.5 inches. woolsey, and woodstock nearly five inches of rain. and it is not just the rain that this storm is bringing. it is the snow, too, even into parts of virginia. the mountainous parts. this is out of the region into south western virginia. and look at this. a lot of snow down toward this

area. they're going to see chances for snow over the next couple of days. probably into the day, too. we are going to see this storm sit and spin. what does that mean for us? it means cold conditions. snow back to the west and showers around the region. as it moves on through, by tomorrow afternoon. not much movement at all of we're still on the cool side. we have snow back toward the west and this snow stays during the day on thursday. i think we will see mostly cloudy skies. maybe some sunshine during the day on thursday before we do see that sun increase during the day on friday. cloudy and cold this evening. breezy with light showers. temperature, 38 to about 42 degrees. colder windchills. tomorrow morning, cloudy and cold. showers possible but most of us should remain on the dry side. the temperatures starting off, 35 to 39 degrees. the kids going back to school. we're all going back to work. we're going to need to see the coats as we make our way through the day tomorrow.

55 tomorrow. 56 on your thursday. heading into the weekend. temperatures in the mid 50s. at least we'll see plenty of sunshine. >> all right. take a look at this. this is a sinkhole in northwest washington. it is located in the sidewalk at 19 1900 biltmore. there is a car parked a little too close for comfort. huge waves fueled hurricane sandy. crashed down at rehoboth beach we know just 24 hours ago. wendy rieger gives as you look at what people found today. >> reporter: the tape is starting to come off. the boards will be coming off. rehoboth beach is coming back to life this morning. it is like we've awakened from a feverish dream. the curse of hurricane sandy is over. the town was deserted,

evacuated, but they survived. you saw the dogs and the people and the surfers back on the beach. and you saw people with the metal deckers out trying to see if they could find any kind of bounty left by the sea as the waves came crashing in to see what kind of treasures were brought in this morning. the town of rehoboth emof cars. cars were not allowed in here for almost two days. now it is getting packed pretty quickly. people are coming back to look at the ocean. because the storm was so ferocious. they want to come back and check and touch base with it to make sure it is okay and just to walk on it them were not allowed to for a good day, day and a half. >> absolutely incredible. that's all i've got to say. mother nature at her best. >> i thought it would be a lot worse than this. >> reporter: rehoboth suffered some minimal damage. some power outage and a sandy

mess on the boardwalk but that will be easy cleaned up compared to what was expected. now with halloween rehoboth is prepared for the slow season and for a long winter's night. reporting from rehoboth, i'm wendy rieger. >> she'll be back here tomorrow. she made us all feel like we were riding it out with her. >> we did ride it out. when a difference a day makes. coming up, trains, planes, metro and cars. we have your commute covered. and in just minutes at 6:00, storm rescues in new jersey. the new video is just into the the new video is just into the storm-team 4 live desk.♪

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fury tonight at 10:00. å ?,+m sandy swept through our region. >> news4 transportation reporter adam has a look at what's in store for tomorrow. >> let's look at metro rail and metro buses, running once again.

today it is a good thing but it is on a sunday scheduled. you should know that rush hour fares apply today. if you're getting on a plane, you'll to have pay the rush hour fare. the transit agency didn't have time to adjust the computer system that control the fares. metro is expecting a return to weekday schedules tomorrow. now, staying on the rails. amtrak, marc, vre, have not made a decision about tomorrow. we'll have to check later on and see where those service there's make a decision about their service tomorrow. also, in the city. in the district, the circulator system back up and running. capital bike share back up and running. good news here.morning,a emerge surcharge is now gone. at the airports. obviously, a very tricky and fluid situation. so many flights canceled yesterday and this morning, and a limited number of flights did start getting off the ground today. as you can imagine, if you had a flight out of the area tonight or tomorrow, a good chance you're looking at some sort of impact weather. whether it is a delay or a

cancellation. and finally, on the roads in virginia, we're hearing about a lot of secondary roads that were flooded and washed out. we had about 100 roads that had high water and standing debris so you'll have to be careful traveling around there. the same situation in maryland and also, we heard from the state highway administration that a lot of intersections are dark. over 100. treat any dark signal as a four-way stop. back to you. >> that storm yesterday continues to cause problems even now.zrnn7trkdwaters é%isolate?xc massive storm system is still stretching from florida to canada. >> bridges are starting to reopen and reconnect manhattan after it was nearly isolated. >> it is becoming more clear what impact the storm will have on the presidential campaigns. election day just one week away. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen